Biking & Urban Sports Deals & Offers

Clearly never been on a scooter nor gone anywhere near a skate park! (lol) , I’d love to see you down your local skate park though on your ‘£12’ scooter just make sure your well protected and padded up (y) (lol) (lol)

Lol, my thoughts exactly (lol)

Try doing stunts down at your local skate park on a £12 micro scooter and see how far you get and how long it lasts!

Normally £12 for a microscooter? What's so much better?

Great price. Especially seeing as they'll give me £50 off it for trading in my Pinarello Dogma!

A belt drive bike uses a carbon belt similar to the timing belt in a car to connect the crank to the rear sprocket. The idea is that they're smoother, quieter and need much less maintenance compared to chains. In practice I didn't find they lived up the promise and they're a lot more hassle and expensive to sort when they go wrong. Because the belt is one piece and can't be opened up like a chain, the bike needs to be designed to work with a belt drive. Chains may need more maintenance but they're easy to repair if a link breaks even on the go and they're also cheap and easy to source if a replacement is needed.

I thought the same but after using a belt, i'd go with a chain now. The belt sounds great in theory and day to day it did work well, no maintenance even over the winter and all the salt on the road plus always so quiet and smooth. However when my first belt wore out prematurely it was not so smooth, it's a difficult part to get a hold of so there's a waiting time for delivery whereas you can pretty much walk into a shop and get a chain. When I bought my belt drive bike Gates were promising it could do huge miles but when I contacted them about the premature failure, they basically said all bets were off if I was using in the rain as that would cause it to wear much faster. This is despite the fact that Gates were selling it as a superior all weather solution. Working with the belt is much more difficult if you want to remove the wheel as you can't simply break the link on the chain and there's no way to field repair the belt (knew a few MTB'ers who tried belts and gave up after them breaking prematurely) whereas with a chain you can carry quick links and easily get going again. Now all my bikes are chain drive and while they need more maintenance week to week, they're reliable, consistent and easily and cheaply repaired or replaced when I need to.

https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/alfine-s7000s700/SG-S7000-8.html Nice gear hub on it.

What's the difference between a belt drive and a chain?

No. Also crossbars (top tubes) are purely a low step-over height vs frame rigidity issue, low step-over height being an advantage to women if they wear a skirt. I'm not sure how many women wear skirts these days but it doesn't feel like many do.

Do they do one with a crossbar for men?

I didn't trade in and paid 715. Down from 1100 or summat

This deal is only if you have an old bike to trade in. Not sure how you do that if you have no Evans store near you.

say no to the lycra crew join the tweed wearing mr bean crew...

Also, some pedestrians seem to think that the bell means "swerve all over the cycle path like a flock of headless chickens" or "please step in front of bike at last second", so it's always a bit of a risk ringing it unless you absolutely have to.

Agree completely. I think pedestrians’ rights get ignored far too often

Two points, I was talking about cycles on paths which they share with pedestrians and secondly believe it or not the penalty for forgetting to look before crossing the road is not death or injury, read your highway code, it is every road users duty to look out for the safety of others. I'm a cyclist, motorist and pedestrian.

Unless you’re talking about people riding on pavements (which is also against the law), it’s the pedestrian’s responsibility to look both ways before crossing a road or cycle path. It should also be noted that some walkers hate being dinged at, so it’s a bit of a minefield for people on bikes.

Everyone buy one and stop silently riding up on old people and children. By law they must be fitted in the bike shop before sale so why does everyone take them off? Avoid injury and death, sound your bell!

Yeee I forgot to mention that, cheers

Use promo code "CLEAR2019" for £10 off.

As you said you don't know about quality

I don't know about the quality but Lidl have trainers in this week for £50 which looked quite good.

Just ordered six. Shouldn’t need a new bottle for a while

How do you get the 59p delivery please?

These are definitely best before rather than use by. I've ordered 5 packs and a 10p allen key for free delivery. Will last me next few months i'm sure and the bottles are always handy.

Many thanks OP! Week long cycling trip in March, so this will do nicely!

£3.96 delivery under £15 unfortunately ;)

Without sounding ageist there will be more elderly drivers on the road in the next decade. This concept on cycles could save life's, rather be proactive than reactive, and do it before the govt realise an increase in those types of accidents and change it too late. I have worries with the faster electric cycles, especially the ones that have had the legal limiter removed. They even sell uprated brakes for people that have this done. The light shown on this deal doesn't seem adequate for braking light purpose, but the overall idea is good.

Pointless, I've never heard of an accident where a cyclist has been hit from behind by a vehicle because they braked suddenly! Cycle brakes are not particularly effective generally so any braking from speed is relatively gradual. Cyclists get hit from behind because drivers are not paying attention.

Love the concept but has to be rechargeable for me to buy in. At night I think a brake light isn't as useful as you've got stronger lights blaring away which would mask it, but if bright enough then they could be excellent during the day. That said, when I'm driving, I don't really seem to have an issue with judging cyclists speeds and movements, I give them plenty of space and patience, though there are some drivers who could possibly use a little help and a brake light might aid them.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F142937966857

I have a brake light integrated into my lights. Was only 11 pound on eBay. Also have some seesence ace lights that do the same. Use them night or day

It's an ok bike in my opinion, a value version of the Subway with the decent drivetrain of the Subway replaced by a low end freewheel based drivetrain as you would find on sub £100 bikes. Still its a decent price and Halfords will setup it up for you and you get your free six week check where normally the braking and gearing needs adjustment and from then on should last a while before adjustment again. Compared to the Subway it is slower, weaker, requires more maintenance, less safe and parts will require replacing sooner. I think its a false economy but at the moment the Subways are at their maximum pricing I think. The Subway One has sold for as low as £240 I think in recent times and then its a no brainer to pay the extra but at the moment £300 I think which is over 50% more than this bike.

This is a decent bike at this price point although it has dropped to £160 in the past on a few occasions, but yes ignore the RRP because it only stays there for a week or so. Halfords also cheat by alternating between the Axle and Parva, they are the same bike but different colours.

Anyone got a spare discount code for this, think you can get 10% off via cycling club thingy

I bought this bike, different colour scheme a few years ago for £180 and I've seen it for £180 lots of times since. Really pleased with it for the price point

bit misleading this one... as its RRP was last week advertised as 300 not sure they are allowed to do that are they?

No need to apologise btw, it was a constructive comment so thanks :))

Thanks :))

Not many bikes make me walk back and check them out - in flesh that genesis is, imo, beautiful and great choice - enjoy

Sorry about that, still a lot of bike for the money and could be a good donor bike if you bought a carbon frame of aliexpress or got yourself a titanium frame. I'm sure some customisation of the bike, 700x28 tyres, comfort handlebar tape and improved saddle would transform the bike anyway if you find it harsh riding which definitely isn't certain. Lets not forget that bike was reviewed at £1000 3-4 years ago. The £ has dropped in value, Chinese manufacturing costs have increased since then. My instincts tell me it won't be a great frame though, it's there to reach a price point. I've seen many great frames go for low money on ebay as the owner upgrades as another possible option if you hated the frame.

I’ve already changed the garb tyres !!.. just needs some new wheels now... all in time tho!

Anyone know the 12v cable length?

Bit harsh, but fair...

Can confirm It is powered by 12v cigarette lighter not an interchangeable battery like the rest of the range

Probably

Is it not 12v in-car electrical outlet/cigarette lighter type connection?

Neither are particularly well reviewed and both are entry sitting in the same market segment. Both also have pro's and con's - singing virtues of one you seem to have missed this statement from yourself in reference to the other "simply the better fork". Normally when you compare any product you consider the usage requirements in weighing up those pro's and con's. The biggest issue on this coil solution is it bottoming out. From yourself, who states on here you haven't gone into double digits mileage wise since a teenager (some 30 years hence) and have a preference for toiling along the canal side (something I would question the value of a suspension fork personally) is hardly going to see the pro's that the suntour offers. Feel free to prove me incorrect that the "simply better fork" from your opinion is not constructed in elements from its mechanics that are plastic and have questionable durability. This in turn brings back to which is likely to require spending on in a 1 to 2 years between the two and the cost consideration of requiring investing into? How old is that rock shox revelation still running without having had a clearly proper service again!

The Rockshox XC30 isn't a particularly well reviewed fork and it is designed to compete with the Suntour XCR non air version. It's a much weaker fork based on 30mm stanchions not the XCR's 32mm stanchions and that is probably how it got its weight savings. Normally when you compare forks for strength you compare forks of a similar structural strength to see the weight saving of one model not compare a much weaker fork with a much stronger model based on larger stanchions, using your methodology you could say the Suntour XCT was better than the Rockshox XC30 because it is lighter. The Rockshox a nice budget fork but you seem to be massively over-stating its virtues in performance and strength/reliability. I accept the point that spares availability is likely better though but again I question how much you would want to put into these forks once the 2 or 1 year warranty has expired. Suntour spares are available though, I personally don't see it as an issue.

If you aim this high part-wise, you are left with very little choice in general. Me personally, I went for a rather pricey Orbea bike in November purely based on the geometry of the bike. If I posted the deal here, I am 100% sure it would go freezing cold within a couple hours. I still decided to go with it because I just liked how it handled. I highly agree that there is more to bicycles than the components used. It is also important how they all work together and whether the bike fits the rider or not.

Disagree on the premise of the voodoo having "simply better shocks". As counter intuitive as it is the rock shox are lighter whilst that is supposed to be one of the advantages of air over coil. As someone has already pointed out the servicing and maintenance is also a question. You can top that with the complexity of the mechanism utilising plastic components that brings up durability. Here the entry rock shox is in a different league. Of interest the pros of the air fork you refer to is for being cheaper and initial performance when being pushed although the segment that as a user going down tow paths etc that is unlikely to bottom out , I.e. your own usage description, the rock shox in this segment should be the apt choice.

Not great. As usual at the very bottom of the budget spectrum you're much better off buying 2nd hand.

seemed too good to be true

Really helpful. Thanks.

I disagree. The 2019 Trek bikes are at rrp as they are at most stores.

This should offset the extortionate cost Evan's charge in the first place (IMO) - still, voted hot as its a great use of points.

What a shame indeed.

Just you mate :)

Anyone else think these look like Johnny's in the picture

These are 700's *not* 26 for anyone else looking for the key info.

All Triple QX products are garbage.

Better results with just using water XD

Useless stuff. Seriously not worth 10p.

I confirm too waste of money

Yes can confirm this is utter shat.